May: Don’t Go Away

Perspectives Content Submission

Fri, 4 May 2012

There is an old saying—so old, in fact, nobody really knows its origins—“Sell in May and go away.” It raises a couple of questions—namely, “When, exactly, in May should I sell?” and “When should I buy back in?” Direction is given in one variant, which states: “Sell in May and go away, but buy again…